18 Jan
2003
18 Jan
'03
4:36 a.m.
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Wayne M. Smith wrote:
It is commonly believed that the very first time that unauthorized copying
of software was called "PIRACY" was the open letter by Bill Gates.
Does anybody have an earlier referrent?
Unauthorized
copying is, under some (but not all)
cirucumstances, illegal and/or unethical, but it is NOT
theft. It is a different sort of offsense.
I believe that the commonly applied
term is "piracy."